…you’ve shown up at someone’s wedding wearing your name tag (or you wore it during filming for a DVD).
…you sway left and right at the checkout line.
…you’ve used the word “intense” to describe something that was clearly not ‘intense’.
…you’ve lived in KC for 5 years and still have your old drivers license.
…you’ve been ruined.
…you’ve ever rocked in front of computer.
…end every email with ‘bless you’ followed by your initials.
…you don’t know anyone that’s actually from Kansas City.
…you’ve had DeAnna cut your hair.
…you know what a puff is.
…you don’t understand why somewhere doesn’t have wireless.
…you write entire e-mail messages in the subject box.
…you’ve ever helped with the CEC and STI over at FSM during an EGS or FCF service just before the GBF.
You Know your an IHOPPER if…
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Dem's fightin' words...
Jo said:
Now THAT was classic. Sadly I have to say yes to many.
We are quite quirky aren’t we?
A few to add:
(for guys) …you ever contemplated shaving your head and buying trendy glasses.
… you feel empty without a nalgene in one hand and a grande coffee in the other.
…when you always associate colors with the highlighted themes in your Bible (ex: blue car = think of end times)
Posted on September 5, 2006 at 10:16 pm
Shawn said:
For guys it’s more like “you did shave your head and buy trendy glasses.
The highlighters is s a good one.
How about …you own a pen pouch.
Posted on September 5, 2006 at 10:33 pm
Jenny Powell said:
how about…
you’ve probably had caleb powell work on one of your vehicles on at least one occassion… if you own one.
after having been at ihop for at least a few months you - 1)get a tatoo 2) get some type of piercing 3) change your hair color
can use a misty chorus for almost anything…. “does anyone know what tiiiiime it is?”
change your name in some way to demonstrate the reality of what’s going on in your heart or to get back to the biblical meaning. For instance: You were always known as Dan before… but now it’s ‘Daniel’.
You somehow end up sounding like Dwayne, Allen, or Mike when on the prayer mike - whether you’re male or female.
It’s normal to meet someone, date them, get engaged to them, and get married within a 3 month time period.
worship at an FCF service seems ridiculously short because it ONLY lasts an hour.
Posted on September 5, 2006 at 10:41 pm
Randy said:
Two comments:
1) I resent the bald head and trendy glasses cracks. I had this bald head for 3 years before coming…and the glasses for at least a year before coming.
2) Ihopers think that “Amen” is always followed by “Let’s stand.”
Posted on September 5, 2006 at 10:48 pm
Christine said:
Uh oh… I have done ALL of Jenny’s except for the 3 months to marriage thing (no kidding… all of them). Since I’m single, should I be scared?
A couple more
… It’s normal to see people wearing the same clothes in the morning that you saw them wearing the previous evening (night watch, not bad hygiene)
You’ve had someone accidentally say “good night” to you as you get out of your car at 6am.
You see someone with gray or white hair and think they must be a Simeon
Age 30 is’old’
Posted on September 6, 2006 at 1:21 am
Shawn said:
You guys are hilarius, and I need spellcheck.
Randy - the fact you were had no hair before you came just means you’re prophetic.
Jenny - Don’t forget “the thumb and finger hook”.
Posted on September 6, 2006 at 6:07 am
Randy said:
Shawn
I think I was too far ahead of the curve on these glasses though. 3 years later, I’m bored with them but don’t know where to go from here. I stare at racks and racks of glasses and it’ like “….zip. nothing. nada.”
Posted on September 6, 2006 at 7:15 am
Anna said:
Randy
What about contacts? It’d be a daring move. Nobody would be suspecting it. Life on the edge.
Posted on September 6, 2006 at 8:19 am
Randy said:
I cannot imagine wearing contacts. With a bald head, the glasses are kind of needed to add some sort of structure. When I take them off, I completely dissappear.
Posted on September 6, 2006 at 8:53 am
Jo said:
Oooh! Good call on the thumb and finger hook. I even do that at the grocery store.
Randy — props on the prophetic gifting of style! You and Dwayne really have set the bar high.
a few more:
…you say “no, totally” when you agree with something. (thanks DWAYNE)
… you have to buy Asics running shoes to protect your feet from all the pacing in the prayer room.
…you time everything in two-hour incriments. Better yet, you associate time with what SET it is instead of the actual time. (Intercession just ended… time for lunch!)
Posted on September 6, 2006 at 9:27 am
Jerry James said:
My daughter is an IHOPPer. So am I, I’m just not there. Last year Tarah and I went to a Arkansas Razorback basketball game. It was a rather exciting game and we were fairly into it. At one point, I realized we were both standing and swaying back and forth. What meanest thou this?
Posted on September 6, 2006 at 6:15 pm
Anna said:
I went back to college for my last semester after a summer at IHOP. I was in a course lecture when the girl next to me leaned over and asked, “Are you okay?” I suddenly realized I had been rocking back and forth for the last hour!
That was when I knew I was called to be an intercessor. Just kidding.
Posted on September 6, 2006 at 9:10 pm
sean said:
This is funny stuff
Posted on September 7, 2006 at 2:51 am
the other Sarah said:
Oh, this is hilarious. I caught myself swaying back and forth at my desk while reading this. Oh IHOPpers, how I love thee…
Posted on September 7, 2006 at 1:58 pm
Ben Cunnington said:
Although I have been gone for a over a year and a half almost everyone of these apply to me still and i still identify! Including getting my hair cut by Deanna. Oh, and by the way do have wireless here? Thanks Shawn!
Randy, I think you are a very attractive man!
Posted on September 9, 2006 at 4:30 am
i was not born in said:
Heres one,
If you own a apple product.
Posted on September 9, 2006 at 11:44 am
shanon farebrother said:
you know your and ihoper when
…your prayer language has a ro-bo-bo-bo-sho in it or you roll your r’s
Posted on September 9, 2006 at 10:46 pm
Joan said:
Well I’m and old grandma and not an IHOPPER so what’s my excuse for swaying in front of the computer??? I do know what you mean. My son and wife(the 3 month thing) live at IHOP-KC and I have been blessed to visit IHOP. Ruined!!! You guys are a riot.
Posted on September 10, 2006 at 6:24 pm
Ronni said:
I’m scared. I own apple products, I sway in line all the time (who doesn’t have a song in their head at all times?), I sway constantly… actually I do the “office chair sway” and wore out a chair doing that… and nalgene and coffee… well who doesn’t want to be hydrated? LOL. Oy. Heck my husband knows to leave me alone if I’m “rocking” in front of the laptop. LOL
I don’t see anything abnormal here? Is that abnormal? LOL
Posted on September 12, 2006 at 7:49 am
Mrs. I said:
I think there’s a book in this material - or at least a pamphlet!!!
Posted on November 2, 2006 at 12:05 pm
Lauren said:
This is hilarious. I moved here in August and can say “yes” to almost anything except the puff thing. I guess I’m just not with it. What’s a “puff?” Wild guess - the mic covers? That’s the only thing I can think of that would be called a “puff” (I see them everywhere - someone left one on the coffee shop counter the other day…). Or, is it a hairdo that Deanna does…???
Posted on November 2, 2006 at 1:41 pm
Michaela said:
Shawn… this is a stunning post.
Posted on December 21, 2006 at 3:00 pm
Joanna Reyburn said:
what about saying, “serious” instead of “seriously” or the common usage of the following words/phrases: paradigm, “beloved” when addressing to a gathering of Christians, using a string of adjectives like, “end-time prophetic intercessory young adult movement in the spirit of the tabernacle of David accompanied by the in-breaking of power and authority through the laying on of hands and until that day..” etc. Or the way everybody’s in a new “season” (that changes faster than our the natural ones), and did you notice how many guys at the onething conference had long hair and beards?
Posted on January 10, 2007 at 7:26 pm
Bret said:
a few others: You know you’re an IHOPer if…
– You think in two-hour increments…outside the prayer room.
– You have gone on a fast that alots for nothing other than a concoction of cyanne pepper and lemon juice.
–you’ve ever stepped into a whole ‘nother reality.
–you affirm things in triplicate (yeah, yeah, yeah!)
–you know 8 “shortcuts” through Terrace Lakes to bypass that cumbersome intersection at RedBridge and Grandview.
–you travel nowhere without a gallon sized water jug with a convenient carry handle to minimize trips to the water fountain.
–you’re an expert at synchronizing your “pacing route” to avoid collissions with 3 or more people…while looking at the floor.
Posted on January 24, 2007 at 7:07 am
april reynolds said:
Oh my gosh I have never laughed this hard in my entire life!! I really needed that!
Posted on January 25, 2007 at 2:14 pm
Andrea Amabile said:
As a former IHOPer and a current JHOPer, this is hilarious! In respnse to Bret’s list: I’ve always wondered how people could pace like that with out colliding, I can’t do it myself. lol.
In regards to the beards and long hair comment: I’d like to think that would be Lou Engle influence. The Nazirites are arising! ha ha…
Posted on January 28, 2007 at 11:40 am
Genavieve said:
so I met IHOPers for the first time this past one thing conference, and I am hooked. I am also laughing because not only are these things true they are epidemic…
Other things I experienced while at IHOP that I have never experienced anywhere else:
strangers crying over you in prayer and pleading for things they should not know.
People stopping dead in the middle of a sentence to pray and then continue the sentence as if nothing happened.
I have also never seen so many people get taken out by the flailing appendages of those dancing in the prayer room. It is beautiful and comical to watch.
It deffinitely sounds like a whole culture is taking shape with a specific language, style of dress, and worldview. It’s an anthropoligist’s buffet.
Posted on February 1, 2007 at 3:51 pm
Shawn said:
@ Genavive: I’m glad you had a positive experience… It’s true, IHOP is becoming it’s own culter. One of the latest and greatest trends is now blogging…. wouldn’t you know it? (oh, and owning an Apple Computer). I proudly wear a member badge in both parties.
Posted on February 1, 2007 at 10:07 pm
Emily Mea said:
I’m laughing at these because most of them are so true for me and I was only up there for three months for FITN.
Here’s my contribution:
…you use the word “splendid” for things that are in no way actually splendid (ie, “That hot dog was splended.”)
…you can look at someone’s nametage and know at a glance if they are a student, an intern, or on staff without reading the description at the bottom. If the person is an intern you can tell at a glance the internship based on the color of the tag.
…you are not on the base, but have your name tag on anyways.
Posted on February 5, 2007 at 5:02 am
Christine said:
Given all of the recent additions, I must say that my identity as an IHOPer is undeniable.
Sadly, I think our skill in the art of colision-free pacing is about to become irrelevant. They are putting more and more restrictions on the zones in which you are permited to engage in such activities.
Posted on February 11, 2007 at 7:33 am
Mike Caro said:
THis was so so so Funny.
Goood
Posted on February 14, 2007 at 2:00 am
Kelly said:
this post and the comments were hilarious and so encouraging to me! I am moving to KC in the fall and I can’t wait now. Thanks guys.
Posted on February 25, 2007 at 1:34 pm
Ken Brooks said:
You might be an IHOPPER if…
You’re totally other than, but have no grid for it.
Posted on March 20, 2007 at 11:37 am
nathan wood said:
If you break a fast on Chipotle.
Posted on March 28, 2007 at 9:16 pm
james said:
…you know half of Chipotle’s staff
…you have ever worked at a starbucks
…you are “For real” about everything
…you live with 5 other people
…you say “even know” every time you pray
Posted on April 1, 2007 at 8:09 pm
mike baker said:
if 1)you have passed the same person 247 times over a 9 month period and still dont know their name
2)you see that person out and public and suddenly want to talk to them
3)have had Ed Hackett say “bless you” to you
Posted on April 6, 2007 at 10:11 pm
Mike Caro said:
if you know what water breath is. and had it recently
Posted on January 30, 2008 at 12:17 am